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BUTTON. No. 308,441. Patented Nov. 25, 1884.

fii/rzarsew THOMAS W. F. SMITIEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,441, dated November 25, 1884.

Application filed July 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS W. F. SMIT- TEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of sleevebuttons and studs in which the head, the back plate or shoe, and the post are all rigidly connected.

In my application for Letters Patent, serial number 137,098, filed July 8, 1884, I have shown and described a button of the class above referred to having a post one edge or narrow side of which is inclined to form a wedge. with the outer face of the shoe or back plate, whereby the insertion of the button into a button-hole is facilitated. After such a button is inserted into a button-hole the button will turn automatically to bring the inclined edge of the post into a position lengthwise of the buttonhole.

My present invention consists in a button or stud having its head and shoe rigidly connected by a post of flat form, orbroader in one direction than the other, and having its broad or flat sidesinclined, whereby one of said sides is made to 'form a wedge with the outer face of the shoe. The wedge thus formed facilitates the insertion of the button into a buttonhole; but after its insertion the button does not turn, because the greatest dimension or width of the post occupies a position lengthwise of the buttonhole when the button is in serted thereinto.

Figures 1 and 2 are side views on an enlarged scale, taken at right angles to each other, of a sleeve-button illustrating my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views illustrating the form and construction of the post. Fig. 5 is a side View of a button, illustrating a modification of the post.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the head. B is the shoe, and O the post rigidly connecting the head and shoe and inclined thereto. This post may be made solid, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of a flat tube, as shown in Fig. 4, or of two. wires or a forked single wire, a a, as illustrated by Fig. 5, the latter construction giving greater breadth to the post in one direction than in .another, and being the equivalent of a flat post, inasmuch as when in a button-hole its broad side will be parallel with the edges of the button-hole. The flat post may be connected directly with the head of the button or stud, or with the bridge, which in some buttons or studs is provided across the back of the head. It may be attached to the head and shoe at different relative points; but I prefer that it be so attached that the shoe is opposite to the center of the head, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and that the connection of the post and the shoe be not far from the center of the latter. This button is to be inserted in the button-hole by first entering the point e of the shoe indicated in Fig. 1 which is nearest that broad inclined face 6 of the post which fornis an obtuse angle with the part of the shoe in front of it and an acute angle with the part of the head in front of it, then pushing it forward until the said inclined face comes in contact with the edge of the buttonhole, when by pressing the said face 1) against the said edge one of the broad or flat inclined sides of the post is made to act with the outer face of the shoe-wedge to raise the said edge, so that by depressing the point of the shoe farthest from c the shoe will easily slip entirely through the hole. This operation of inserting the button is very simple, no turning of the button in the hole being required or ever taking place, as the flat or broad sides of the post will always remain parallel with the edges of the hole.

I do not here claim, broadly, a button or stud having a flat post with an inclined side which acts as a wedge in inserting the button or stud into the button-hole, as I am aware that buttons have been made with the narrow edges of their flat posts so inclined; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A button or stud having its head and shoe rigidly connected by a post of flat form, or broader in one direction than the other, and having its broad or flat sides inclined, whereby one of said broad or fiat sides is made to form a wedge with the outer face of the shoe, andthe turning of the button or stud in the button-hole after its insertion thereinto is avoided, substantially as herein described.

Witnesses: T. W. F. SMITTEN.

FREDK. HAYNES, EMIL SCHWARTZ. 

